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Columns::October 14, 2002

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Grady College student wins national award
Hilary Hilliard, a fourth-year journalism major, is the recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists first place 2001 National Mark of Excellence Award for general column writing.
“It’s exciting for me because I’ve decided it’s my long-term goal to become a column writer or an editorial page editor,” says Hilliard, who also won the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Award for Editorial/Columns of Opinion Writing Competition this past year.
Before reaching the national competition, Hilliard placed first in SPJ’s regional competitions, judged this past spring. National and regional contest judges are selected from among the society’s members and from non-members across the nation, each of whom has established a reputation for journalistic excellence in his or her own right.
Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry, works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists, and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.

Doctoral student receives scholarship
Thomas VanSoelen, a third-year doctoral student in elementary education, has been awarded the Harold D. Drummond Scholarship from Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education.
VanSoelen, a native of Iowa, has taught all grade levels from K to 12 in four different states as well as college-level courses. At UGA, he teaches undergraduate courses in elementary education and co-ordinates field placements in four counties within the Early Childhood Education Partnership Program.
His research areas include teacher collaboration, teacher induction programs and school reform. His dissertation research involves forming novice teacher learning communities, called Critical Friends Groups, that examine issues of practice and school culture.
Current president of the UGA chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, VanSoelen received his master’s in elementary education and specialist’s degree in K-12 educational leadership from Florida Atlantic University. He earned bachelor’s degrees in elementary education and music education from Dordt College.

New issue of feminist journal published
The new issue of Womanist Theory and Research has been published. This interdisciplinary double issue on “Black Feminist Theorizing Across the Disciplines” features essays by 10 distinguished and emerging scholars on the intersection of African-American feminist activism and such topics as the AIDS epidemic, welfare reform, collegiate sports and gospel performance.
The issue is a collaboration between WTR and Texas Woman’s University and emerges from a lecture series on black feminism held at TWU in spring 2002.
Founded at UGA, WTR is edited by Barbara McCaskill, associate professor of African-American literature in the department of English.

Torrance Center holds training workshop
A three-day workshop to train teachers how to administer, score and interpret the Torrance Test for Creative Thinking will be held Oct. 23-25 at the Tate Student Center.
Sample tests will be scored until proficiency is achieved in order to receive a scorer’s certificate.
A registration fee of $350 for the workshop covers the cost of training, materials and manuals. Participants from prior workshops desiring more practice may participate in the Oct. 25 session for a $75 charge. Registration deadline is Oct. 17. Space is limited to 25 participants. Registration forms and more information are available on the Web at www.coe.uga.edu/torrance/training.html.

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